About Us

In 2010 Atlantic Captain’s Academy developed a curriculum of Coast
Guard–approved courses for captain license candidates.

Instructor
and founder Captain Greg Metcalf is passionate about helping others
have the same opportunities on the water that he has enjoyed by
assisting them in obtaining their captain’s license.

Greg was introduced to the ocean at the early age of five. His
family summered in Point Judith, Rhode Island where his dad taught
him
how to row a boat, fish, sail and learn about the freedom of the
sea.

His first summer job working on the water was at age seventeen, as a
mate aboard a charter boat in Galilee. He worked his way though
college
working aboard private sport fishing yachts, fishing in tuna and
billfish tournaments from Montauk, New York to Portland, Maine
during
his summer vacations.

After graduating from Providence College he began running private
yachts and participating in big game fishing tournaments. Some of
his
sport fishing accomplishments include winning top honors in the
Nantucket Billfish Tournament, Rhode Island Tuna Tournament, United
States Atlantic TunaTournament, Block Island Billfish Tournament and
The Wentworth Invitational Tuna Tournament.

In 1983 Greg received his U.S Coast Guard Captain’s license. In
March of 1984 he started a fishing tackle manufacturing business
while
continuing to run sport fishing yachts. For the next twenty-five
years
he designed, manufactured and marketed fishing tackle, fished and
spent
as much time on the water as possible.

In April of 2007 Greg sold Atom Lures Manufacturing to Uncle Josh
Bait Company. That summer he started a charter fishing and
sightseeing
business aboard his boat, the Striper Swiper in Kennebunkport,
Maine.
During the winter of 2007 he began teaching a captain’s license
course
for a New England based school. He has graduated hundreds of
students
since 2008 with a very high success rate. Realizing his passion for
teaching and recognizing a real need for the service, he was
inspired
to develop and form Atlantic Captain’s Academy.

Also a field editor for The Fisherman Magazine, you can read Greg’s
weekly reports and articles in the Fisherman Magazine New England
edition. During the spring and fall when not running charters, he is
a
delivery captain for Hinckley Yachts as well as other private owners
and yacht dealers.